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Post by X'zayvean on Jun 1, 2015 2:09:14 GMT
 Here lies the abandoned ruins of a once great church. Once Rheraven's siege began, the priests were forced to flee to escape harm. Now desolate and empty, nature has began her reclaiming of the chapel, though that doesn't mean someone isn't lurking nearby. The chapel's land lies along the roads, making it a common stop for travelers who are brave enough to be near the bell that seems to only toll the moment of death. |
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Post by X'zayvean on Jan 10, 2016 0:08:05 GMT
Having the need to take a walk, Iberia wanders outside of Norcrest along on of the roads with Iniago giving grunts and whines of protests along the way. However, she ignored him, needing some time to think and breathe
Zophar looked around as he pulled his horse to a slow walk, searching for signs that will lead him and his sister to Norcrest. He did, however, spot some tracks, both a person and a rather large looking print for a dog.
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Post by Avery on Jan 10, 2016 0:12:48 GMT
"Think that's her?" Kali murmurs, gaze flicking to him as she slows her horse to a stop beside his, eyes sharp as she looks around
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Post by X'zayvean on Jan 10, 2016 0:28:41 GMT
Iberia stops, looking to the sky as she remembers Jakys's expression, and her hand reaches up and touches her lip, though she looks at the ground a moment later.
Iniago hesitates, then shifts without his mistress's word and looks at her, concerned. "M'lady, if I may..."
"I don't want to hear anything about being out here," she murmurs. "I need the air."
"No, m'lady, it's not that," he replies. "It's about you."
"Think that's her?"
"Unless someone is being followed by a dire wolf, then I think it is." He slides off his horse and pulls it off the road, tethering it to a tree as he pulls his knives from the saddle bag and puts them on his belt. "If we can't maim the brute or get 'em to obey, then put 'em down. We're only here for her."
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Post by Avery on Jan 10, 2016 1:01:32 GMT
"Unless someone is being followed by a dire wolf, then I think it is. If we can't maim the brute or get 'em to obey, then put 'em down. We're only here for her."
Following his suit, Kali snorts at his orders, rolling her eyes as she pulls one of her knives from her boots, gaze sharp as it snaps to him "Don't presume to think you're in charge of me, brother. I am still getting paid in full, while you, are not." she murmurs, smirking before she starts forward without him, scaling a tree and silently making her way across branches
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Post by X'zayvean on Jan 10, 2016 2:11:35 GMT
"What about me?" she murmurs, hesitant as she eyes the wolf.
"I know that I... Haven't been the best of advisers, as I've been putting the tribes before you," Iniago dips his head, "and for that you have my sincerest apologies, and I accept any punishment you may have."
Iberia is quiet a moment, her posture gaining a more chiefly look. "Go on."
"But I've come to realize that I should try to correct my mistake." He straightens, taking a breath. "Should you choose to turn away, no one will place the blame on you nor smite you."
"Iniago, I can't--"
He holds up a hand. "You can. Remember what the wise woman told you after your father left? She told you that even if you are the heir, as a Kaji'it you must follow your Krah. It's the gods and the spirits' way of telling you where you need to be. And if your Krah tells you to be here, then listen to it. All that needs to be done is let the torch pass on to someone you trust."
Iberia's gaze widens a little, and for a moment she's speechless. When she opens her mouth to speak she tenses, her surprise changing immediately to concern as she whips around, eyes scanning the forest. "Svay," she murmurs, and without question Iniago shifts.
"Don't presume to think you're in charge of me, brother. I am still getting paid in full, while you, are not."
He growled lowly at her, still unhappy about that fact, though he wordlessly follows after her, steps surprisingly light for someone his size. And even after he sees the wildling up ahead twist around and her wolf drop on all fours, having just missed him shifting, he doesn't slow down.
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Post by Avery on Jan 10, 2016 2:54:45 GMT
Grinning halfway when she sees Iberia up ahead with her wolf, Kali runs along that last branch faster then pushes off it, diving down towards the wolf's head, knife at the ready
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Post by X'zayvean on Jan 10, 2016 3:08:29 GMT
Seeing a figure coming from the tree, Iberia's expression immediately turns feral as she moves out of the way, Iniago mimicking her movements. He leaps to the side, paws sliding in the snow as he growls lowly and out a sharp bark, focused on the girl with the knife and doesn't see the man that follows after.
Zophar leaps to the ground, startling Iberia as she twists around to face him, and he lunges with his knives ready in his hand. In a blur she whips our her knife, barely parrying a blow and leaps back, gaze widening as she recognizes him. "You," she hisses, leaping to the side again as he lunges.
"You aren't getting away this time," he growls back, throwing on knife on one side of her and forces her to jump away from it, darting forward again with a quick jab at her collarbone. She lets out a sharp, startled sound as she bends over backwards, dodging him and putting distance between then, letting her cloak fall off her shoulders.
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Post by Avery on Jan 10, 2016 4:09:26 GMT
"You,"
"You aren't getting away this time,"
"Here,  ." Kali hisses, smirking as she circles him, keeping him busy while her brother deals with the girl
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Post by X'zayvean on Jan 10, 2016 4:31:21 GMT
"Here, ."
Iniago snaps at her, starting when he hears Ib's sharp shout, whirling towards her before he looks back at the bandit girl, teeth bared. He charges forward and shifts last moment, leaping and drives a knee into the girl's chest as his hands knocked her armed hand away, and he rolls over her head and lands, starting towards Iberia.
Iberia stumbles, dodging another swipe, though when she sees the bandit girl and Iniago, she panics, seeing a step ahead. "Iniago, krahl!" (Iniago, run!)
"Jion, Sherai!" (No, sherai!) Though panic crosses his gaze and he slips to a stop as Zophar takes the moment that Ib is distracted and grabs her armed hand, twisting it behind her back sharply. He leaned in close near her ear, his other knife poised at her throat as he looks at the shifter.
"Step a foot closer, and she chokes on her own blood."
Iniago freezes, eyes wide and on Ib as she grimaces, jaw clenched. She looks at him, jerking her head a fraction of an inch to the side, and Iniago obeys, moving away slowly and shifts as she murmurs, "Svay." (Change.) Then her gaze snaps to Kali, her common tongue accented heavily. "Don't hurt him. He won't come any closer unless I demand it."
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Post by Avery on Jan 10, 2016 4:46:28 GMT
Grunting when the wolf shifts midair, Kali coughs when she hits the ground hard then springs back up, stilling when her brother gets ahold of Ib.
"Step a foot closer, and she chokes on her own blood."
"Don't hurt him. He won't come any closer unless I demand it."
Brushing herself off, she shakes her head at the girls words, boot connecting with Iniago's side as she walks towards them, keeping him down, knife back in her hand"Sorry, princess, but I have no orders to let him live, and if I do, he'll only come after you."
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Post by X'zayvean on Jan 10, 2016 5:05:10 GMT
Iniago growls sharply and turns his head at her, snapping at her leg before he's pinned, golden eyes on the knife.
"Sorry, princess, but I have no orders to let him live, and if I do, he'll only come after you."
"No!" She jerks sharply, hissing when her own blade pierces through her leather jerkin and catches skin. "No, please, leave him be. I beg of you."
Zophar eyes Kali, and deciding that she was determined to kill him, he sighs and straightens. "I won't stop you."
"No!" the word comes out as more of a growl as Iberia jerks again, teeth gritting when she presses back against her blade, driving it in a little further, eyes pinching at the pain. She knows they want her alive, and she was willing to use that to her advantage. Iniago growls lowly at the sharp sting he feels, his eyes snapping to Iberia. Her expression is dangerous, feral even, as she glares daggers at the woman. "Kill him and so help me, I will drive this blade through my own skin."
Zophar hisses and twitches to move away, but as he tries pulling the knife she held away from her, she only pushes it a little further.
"I mean it," she growled.
He looks to his sister with a warning. "Back off, Kali. It's not worth the cut."
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Post by Avery on Jan 10, 2016 5:10:27 GMT
"No! No, please, leave him be. I beg of you."
"I won't stop you."
"No! Kill him and so help me, I will drive this blade through my own skin."
"I mean it,"
"Back off, Kali. It's not worth the cut."
Stilling at the girl's actions, Kali's head tilts at her brother, brief anger crossing her face at his words "Have you forgotten what their tribe did to our family?" she hisses lowly, jaw clenching before she sighs, digging her heel into Iniago's side, gaze locked with Iberia's "Fine. I won't kill him. But that doesn't mean I'll let him go unscathed."
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Post by X'zayvean on Jan 10, 2016 5:27:32 GMT
"Have you forgotten what their tribe did to our family? "
"No, I haven't forgotten," he snarled. "But that doesn't mean we should lose what we're getting because of this wench."
"Fine. I won't kill him. But that doesn't mean I'll let him go unscathed."
"Don't you dare!" Ib hisses again, hand tightening on her knife, and Zophar lessens his hold on her, preparing to counter any offensive she may have, eyes on the knife she has in her back. "He goes."
Iniago's chest rumbles, teeth bared at the woman as he golden eyes remained trained on her, muscles rippling under his fur.
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Post by Avery on Jan 10, 2016 5:31:40 GMT
"No, I haven't forgotten. But that doesn't mean we should lose what we're getting because of this wench."
"Don't you dare! He goes."
"You are one stubborn princess." Kali hisses, removing her foot from Iniago's side and spinning on her heel, gaining the mindset to leave "If he follows us, I will detain him."
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." Kali hisses, smirking as she circles him, keeping him busy while her brother deals with the girl